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LiveCode Mobile Development Cookbook

You're reading from   LiveCode Mobile Development Cookbook 90 practical recipes for creating cross-platform mobile applications with the power of LiveCode

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2014
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ISBN-13 9781783558827
Length 256 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Dr. Edward Lavieri Jr. Dr. Edward Lavieri Jr.
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. LiveCode Mobile Basics FREE CHAPTER 2. Human-computer Interfaces 3. Loops and Timers 4. Managing Text 5. Communications 6. Data Structures 7. External Media 8. Using MobGUI 9. Using Animation Engine 10. Miscellaneous Index

Aligning interface objects


The mobile apps we develop can have several objects on the screen simultaneously. It is important that these objects line up and not look haphazard. LiveCode provides us with tools to make aligning our objects relatively easy.

How to do it...

Perform the following steps to align interface objects:

  1. Create a new main stack.

  2. Drag two or more objects on the stack's card. For example, drag two button objects to the card.

  3. Select the objects you want to align. To do this, click on the first object, and then, while holding the Shift key, click on the remaining objects you want to align. When you are finished selecting the objects, release the Shift key.

    Note

    When selecting multiple objects to align, it is important that you ensure the first object you select is the one you want to use as a reference. For example, you might want to align selected objects by the left ledge of the first object you selected.

  4. Click on the icon on the toolbar. This will bring up the property inspector...
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